Deregistration for non-payment of tuition fees

What is deregistration?

Deregistration means you are no longer a student of QMUL and, as a result, you will not be eligible to continue your programme of study. You will not be able to use any QMUL facilities, attend classes, sit examinations or attend graduation.

When does deregistration happen?

If you do not pay the amount of tuition fees that you have agreed to pay to QMUL by 31stJanuary, you will normally be deregistered from QMUL.

If you are getting a Tuition Fee Loan, this means that you need to have confirmation of this from your funding body by 31 January, and to have shown this to the QMUL Fees Office.

If you are paying your own tuition fees, this means that you must be up to date with payments of your tuition fee instalments, in accordance with your payment plan, by 31 January. There will be further instalments to pay after that date, but you must have paid the amount owed on your payment plan by 31 January.

If you have not either paid your tuition fees that you have agreed to pay, or provided evidence of a Tuition Fee Loan, by 31 January, QMUL will send normally you a letter in early February. The letter will explain that you are being given a further deadline to clear the outstanding tuition fee payment within 10 working days. If you fail to pay by the further deadline stated in the letter, you will normally be deregistered.

Students may also be deregistered for other reasons during the academic year, for example for non- attendance on their programme of study, but deregistration would be the final option, after an academic school had exhausted all the options to help a student re-engage with their studies. Deregistration also occurs if you fail your exams and re-sits, and if you have no entitlement to further attempts.

How can I get reinstated on to my programme of study?

If you have been deregistered for non-payment of tuition fees, you may be able to get reinstated on your programme. To do this, you will have to pay your outstanding tuition fees and an administrative charge of £250 by 31stJuly of the same year you have been deregistered in, in order to preserve your right to re-join the programme at a later date. If you do this, you will normally be able to resume your studies at QMUL, but no earlier than 12 months following your date of deregistration. As you will have paid your outstanding fees by 31stJuly, when you return to complete the academic year in which you were deregistered, you will have no further tuition fee to pay for that academic year. If you cannot pay your outstanding fee by 31stJuly, you cannot normally be reinstated at QMUL.

Can I appeal or make a complaint about being deregistered?

Yes, you may appeal the decision to deregister you. The letter you receive informing you that you have been deregistered should explain that you have a right of appeal against your deregistration. If you decide you want to appeal, you must do so within 14 days of the date stated on the letter. As deregistration relates to progression on your programme of study, you would need to submit an appeal rather than a complaint. If your appeal is successful, you would normally be allowed to be reinstated on your course. However, if you are not looking to reverse the deregistration decision, but wish to complain about other matters such as, for example, the way that your deregistration has been processed, you could consider making a complaint. You must submit your complaint within 3 months of the date stated on your deregistration letter.

How will it affect my funding?

If you are getting Student Finance, you won’t be eligible to receive this after you have been deregistered as you will no longer be a student. As deregistration happens mid-way through semester 2, you will have received your Student Finance for the whole of semester 2, so you will have an overpayment. See the section of this guideWill I have to repay my Student Finance grants or loans? (overpayments)

If after deregistration Student Finance do pay your tuition fee, they would pay 50% of the annual amount because you only attended for part of the academic year. You would also have to pay a £250 reinstatement fee yourself by 31 July.

When you return to study 12 months after deregistration, you will owe the remaining 50% of the tuition fee.Contact a Welfare Adviserfor advice about when and how to apply for Student Finance for a Tuition Fee Loan.

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